This poet instructed readers to "approach thy grave" like one who "lies down to pleasant dreams" in 
This poet instructed readers to "approach thy grave" like one who "lies down to pleasant dreams" in a poem that admonishes "go not like the quarry slave at night." Another poem by this author describes a bird that pursues its "solitary way." This longtime editor of the New York Evening Post wrote a poem titled after the Greek for "meditation on death." For 10 points, name this early American poet who wrote "To a Waterfowl" and "Thanatopsis."
This poet instructed readers to "approach thy grave" like one who "lies down to pleasant dreams" in a poem that admonishes "go not like the quarry slave at night."
William Cullen {Bryant}